Russian navy Krivak I class frigate BDITELNY during exercise BALTOPS 93. Behind BDITELNY is the German frigate FGS KARLSRUHE (F-212). For the first time in the 22-year history of BALTOPS, the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were invited to participate in the non-military phases of the exercise. (Also in the picture is the Swedish minelayer HMS Älvsborg (M02).)

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USS Iwo Jima Departs Naval Station Norfolk. Sailors and Marines assigned to the Iwo Jima (IWO) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) – 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) departed for a regularly scheduled deployment.

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New video of the crash between Chinese vessels, the Coast Guard Cutter Nanyu (3104), and the People’s Liberation Army Navy Destroyer Guilin (164). Destroyers bow just coming into the picture, top left.

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